Founder David Tilkin supervised hundreds of brokers and scores of branch managers during his tenures at Smith Barney and Wheat First which became First Union Securities. As a member of both the Operating and Compliance committees at First Union Securities, he participated in firm-wide policy and procedure discussions on issues ranging from litigation matters to product due diligence. He previously held the Series 63, 65, 7, 8, 4 and insurance licenses.

David was also the founder and CEO of Protegent, the first company to deliver automated exception reporting, auditing and sales practice review technology to the financial services industry through software known as BrokerAudit. Protegent was sold to SunGard, Inc. in 2005.

Since founding the TilkinGroup™, David has provided testimony 70 times in the following venues: FINRA, AAA, JAMS, numerous judicial venues, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Clients have included private practice attorneys, in-house counsel, state securities regulators and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The TilkinGroup™ has been providing full-time expert witness services since 2008.